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9 ways to be an excellent journalist
By Peter Weis (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons We all have our rock star dreams, literal or not. While journalism is an attainable field to go into, it takes a lot of effort, some connections,...
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Don’t live your life like this
We all despise poor drivers, and the most common culprit to poor driving is texting while doing so. Whether you heard your phone beep with a new Twitter notification or want to see if people like your...
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Give up something you love right now
Most people don’t know I did ballet for eight years. The people who do often ask, “hey, do you still dance?” I am still working on my response, which is currently an empty “no.” There is nothing I...
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#DearMe: An open letter to my 13-year-old self
The YouTube #DearMe challenge has been around a while, but I thought I would take my own written crack at it. Here is an open letter to my 13-year-old self. Dear Samantha, I hope this letter finds you...
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#TreatYourself, epiphanies, and the art of being Elsa
This piece started as a Facebook post, then it was fully drafted in an email with no subject line or recipient. I figured that no one in particular needed to read these thoughts of mine, so, naturally,...
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#MissCollege: Finding a sense of place
As I dropped haphazardly taped up boxes of school supplies on my floor and frantically gazed around the white cellar that I now had to call home, I wondered if I would ever feel welcome at the massive...
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